Section 15
Recovery of dues as arrear of land revenue. Repealed
The Shipping Development Fund Committee (Abolition) Act, 1986
About this Act
An Act to abolish the Shipping Development Fund Committee constituted under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 and to provide for certain matters incidental thereto.
(1) Any amount payable to the Central
Government by the shipowner pursuant to a notice issued under section 8 may be recovered in the same
manner as an arrear of land revenue.
(2) The Central Government may, for purposes of sub-section (1), appoint an officer to prepare a certificate specifying the amount due from such shipowner and send it to the Collector of the district in which the shipowner owns any property or carries on business provided that the officer so appointed shall, before sending the certificate to the Collector, give an opportunity of being heard to the shipowner.
(3) The Collector shall, on receipt of such certificate, proceed to recover from such shipowner the amount specified in the certificate.
(2) The Central Government may, for purposes of sub-section (1), appoint an officer to prepare a certificate specifying the amount due from such shipowner and send it to the Collector of the district in which the shipowner owns any property or carries on business provided that the officer so appointed shall, before sending the certificate to the Collector, give an opportunity of being heard to the shipowner.
(3) The Collector shall, on receipt of such certificate, proceed to recover from such shipowner the amount specified in the certificate.